☆ // your destiny, make it grand or horrible

[burninglight]

Who: Ardyn + open
What: General mid-late June catchall and a birthday.
When: Somewhere around 6/14 - 6/30, time is bendable.
Where: In and around the Station/Annex.
Warnings: None yet.

[Ardyn rather went about his life as best he could. When he was't actively doing something, he tended to spend a while on the viewing deck; usually around sunset. But most of the time he kept himself busy around the Annex--perhaps a little too much so.]

[On rare occasions he'd be in the greenhouse tending to...whatever kind of plant that was. But most often one could find Ardyn in the hangar; carefully examining the gliders and running basic maintenance on them where necessary, sleeves rolled up and a look of concentration on his face. On days that were slightly less boiling hot he could be tracked down to the beach, practicing with a red-toned greatsword before it vanished into light to be replaced with a shortsword--and after a few swings with that, it vanished in favor of a massive glowing scythe that disappeared only seconds later, Ardyn dropping to sit down on the sand and looking exhausted.]

[On June 30th, his whole overworked routine seemed to change; Ardyn could be found in one of the kitchens in the early afternoon, pulling varying ingredients out of the Armiger--it looked like he was baking something involving chocolate chips and coffee.]

[...Mostly a lot of chocolate, though.]

Comments

26th - greenhouse

[coagmentatio]

[ Given how often he goes here to destress, it's no wonder they'd cross paths. And a visit to this place is especially needed now, given his recent return from that damn school. It's likely evident he should probably be lying down still, namely by his posture. Or his voice - it's a clearly exhausted one. ]

... That's definitely not something that was on Daeseon.

[ He's tilting his head at the unfamiliar plant. ]

[burninglight]

[Ardyn looked up with a small smile; exhaustion was kind of his native language.]

They're called gysahl greens. It's the preferred average diet for a chocobo.

[coagmentatio]

[ His brow knits a tiny bit. In the far reaches of his mind rests a question of whether this brings a whole new meaning to greenhouse. ]

Chocobo... I saw mention of one, but never got to look into what that creature is.

HAP BIRF

[motherfucking_ghost]

[And there's Church, because of course Church is there. Of course he's there to help even if that help is to stay out of the way.]

You could've gotten Yuyu to make you a birthday cake, asshole.

[burninglight]

I have no doubt she'll insist upon it. But I wanted to try one for myself.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You need a hand, birthday boy?

viewing deck; some date idk make one up

[blackestwitch]

[ Just shortly before sunset, a girl wanders up onto the viewing deck. Under one arm, a small notebook, some pencils, and some pens - red and blue and black. Whatever she could scrounge up. In the other hand, a white cane, vaguely tapping the ground in front of her so she can see where to go. Well, Ardyn knows Ignis right, he should be able to recognize this girl is blind.

A small cat runs in front, leaping onto one of the empty chairs up on the viewing deck and letting out a loud meow. The girl turns towards that sound and begins heading in that direction. ]

Sorry if I'm interrupting or distracting. Just coming up for the view.

[ Maddie outfit check: tank top with flannel, denim shorts, hair bow and bracelet. ]

[burninglight]

Hm? No, you're not distracting me at all.

[....wait a damn second]

[blackestwitch]

[ O H that voice makes her pause. Literally, mid-step. ]

Oh, Mr. Izunia. [ And then, continues to the chair. Takes a seat as her cat jumps up onto the table, setting down her notebook and pens and pencils and cane. ]

So how is the view from up here? It's getting close to sunset-ish, right?

time is bendable Izunia is stressable JUNE 25TH APPROX

[founderinglight]

[So hey, Ardyn, you are just chilling on the viewing deck which is the most likely Crossing Paths With Izunia space, so it probably isn't that surprising that he comes out.

However, there's an unusual, distinctly distracted air about him - he keeps running his right hand over the back of his left and the red marks there. He also looks kind of disheveled and... Yeah that's definitely a pink ribbon tied 'round his neck, peeking out under the scarf.

It's possibly the first time in the whole time Ardyn's been at the Station that Izunia didn't notice him immediately upon entering the room - he gets halfway to the usual place he sits and startles a little.]

Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt.

[burninglight]

...

[Ardyn opened his mouth for a sharp comment, but lost it somewhere along the way as he realized how atypical this situation felt.]

You're not sick, are you?

[founderinglight]

...No? If I'm sick I stay in bed, Ardyn.

[Also if he's sick, he doesn't spend the whole time running his fingers worriedly over that mark.]

Greenhouse wtf is that a cabbage (also uhhhhh idk re: date, but maybe somewhere in the middle?)

[shikosuki]

[ Choromatsu has mostly been keeping to himself since he arrived here, still distrusting of humans and this whole situation. With Karamatsu around he didn’t really have to worry about being lonely, just about finding food and the occasional bouts of restlessness from being cooped up for so long. Today was one of those days he felt a little stir crazy, so he was out in his travel form. The greenhouse wasn’t a place he explored yet, so he decided to give it a look, though he almost leaves when he sees someone already there (though someone he thinks he already met? Oops twins)... until he sees the plant.

It... it’s round, green and leafy. He might be a scavenger monster with a taste for blood and bone, but he’s still a rabbit monster. And that looks like lettuce.

HE WANTS TO EAT IT.

So now you have this round, fluffy, black and tan rabbit/squirrel thing hopping up and investigating your plant Ardyn, sniffing it curiously. ]

chocobos gotta eat too yanno

[burninglight]

[...Okay, well that was a sight. A sight that would have looked vaguely familiar, if it wasn't broken up by being mostly rabbit.]

[Ardyn tilted his head slightly, broke off a leaf, and held it out to him. it didn't quite taste like lettuce, but it was still good.]

Hello.

OH THEYRE GYSHAL GREENS..... CUTE

[shikosuki]

[ He sniffs the leaf cautiously but ultimately takes it with both of his paws and turning it around a few times to get a full look. And then he looks back up at Ardyn before speaking in a familiar voice. ]

Hi.

[ And takes a big bite. Yep def not lettuce, but still good! He beams. ]

Thanks!

[ And goes back to nomming. ]

Beach

[nor_iron_bars]

[From a little ways away comes the sound of someone casually just... golf clapping, apparently impressed by the display they just saw. If Ardyn looks over, he'll see Jailbreak leaning against a nearby rock, apparently out here enjoying the view.]

[Though if he looks a little closer, he may notice that she appears to have been sketching something in the sand?]

Nice show. Real shiny.

[burninglight]

[Ardyn raised an eyebrow slightly before answering with a tired laugh.]

Thanks-...sorry, what was your name again? Nothing personal, just...

[A vague handwave, probably meaning'I was very drunk that night.']

beach

[nojohnyouare]

[Mai walks out there with her sword, so when she sees Ardyn pulling out weapons, she gives him a small bow in greeting.]

Training here... Popular.

[burninglight]

...There's a lot of space.

[He pulled the greatsword out for long enough to support him back to his feet, the blade vanishing into crystals once he had.]

Is that what you're out here for?

6/16 greenhouse

[byanyother_name]

[So he's been wanting to talk to Ardyn anyway. Finding him in the greenhouse is just a bonus. Kurama looks over the unfamiliar plants curiously and gives them a gentle nudge of his ki to grow a bit more.]

I wanted to ask you about artifacts and magitech but now I'm also a bit curious about what those are.

[burninglight]

Gysahl greens. It’s the basic diet for an average chocobo—which before you ask is a flightless rideable bird where I’m from. They’re exclusively herbivores, and apparently there’s at least one around here.

Unfortunately I’m not much of a botanist—but if you want to know about magitek, that’s certainly more my area of expertise.

6/22, hangar

[daughterofthemark]

[A few days after the meeting about ghosts and Jail's "something," Arianna starts searching for Ardyn, finding him in the hangar. Seeing him busy, she almost turns and leaves, but stops herself. No, she decided today would be the day. No more putting it off.

Even if she's more nervous about talking to him than she's ever been before. She just has two purposes, and she knows neither of them should be a problem. Why do they seem so difficult?

Start by addressing him. That should be easy, right? But she stands silently for a moment before finally getting that one word out.]

Father?

[There. One down, one to go.]

[burninglight]

Yes? [Ardyn looked up from what he was doing, gloves off and sleeves rolled back far enough to show the phoenix tattoo and collection of scars on his forearms. He lowered the screwdriver he was holding, attention successfully drawn away from his work.]

Arianna, is something wrong?

you know what

[serrata]

[ Well of course Yuuri of all people knows exactly what day it is. It's almost painfully easy to keep track of the days around here, when it seems like sitting around counting them is all they have to do. But it's been nice to have something to work on, for someone who's actually here. It makes her feel nice and productive instead of just miserable which is always an improvement.

Her plans are obviously a little scuppered, though, once she pokes her head into the kitchen and sees Ardyn already busy in the kitchen, but she's smiling to herself when she makes her way over. ]

You shouldn't be making your own birthday cake, you know.

[ Says the woman who cooked for like, thirty plus people on her own birthday. I've never pretended Yuuri Wakasa isn't a hypocrite. ]

[burninglight]

Perhaps not, but I could use the practice.